Example sentences of "[conj] only a [adj] [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She worked with a tenderness that only a caring woman is capable of . |
| 2 | This does not mean that only a slit-eyed cat is dangerous . |
| 3 | The kinematics approach recognizes that the mechanism is constrained in such a way that only a prescribed motion is possible ; a mechanism that is randomly assembled and disassembled with no known input conditions is hardly a mechanism and is impossible to analyse by any method . |
| 4 | CHEMICALS companies have made further cuts in capital spending this year and only a modest improvement is in prospect next year before a further fall in 1994 , according to an industry survey published yesterday . |
| 5 | If only a single character is suggested then word knowledge is used to detect and correct errors in the hypothesis . |
| 6 | If only a single product is tested , how are we ever going to know ? |
| 7 | If only a single copy is needed then it is logical to produce it on the page printer . |
| 8 | The second involves the settling of cells onto a slide surface through a sucrose , saline or other solution , and has been used principally for oocytes , but may be useful for spermatocytes if only a thin suspension is available . |
| 9 | With this the two of them wall up the entrance until only a tiny slot is left open . |